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endlogic
05-06-2007, 06:34 AM
Please,let us pray for Blobs salvation and that he may see the light and leave the James Randi cult & be cured of the I Am Right virus.Perhaps we can only hope.Until then here is some material from a former skeptic on Randi, including his quite possibly slanted 1 million (dollar/bonds) test.The website is called (Skeptical Investigations.org).
P.S:Do you assume that voodoo practioners have the same conquest mentality as western leaders?

endlogic
05-06-2007, 06:37 AM
Blob is right astral projection is all in our heads as is our five sense reality.
I agree with you!

afinertouch5
05-06-2007, 07:58 AM
This guy was a former skeptic of Randi? Then what he agrees with him now?

Blob
05-07-2007, 04:42 AM
A callout thread dedicated just to me! And by a noob I've never heard of.

Please,let us pray for Blobs salvation and that he may see the light and leave the James Randi cult & be cured of the I Am Right virus.Perhaps we can only hope.Until then here is some material from a former skeptic on Randi, including his quite possibly slanted 1 million (dollar/bonds) test.The website is called (Skeptical Investigations.org).
P.So you assume that voodoo practioners have the same conquest mentality as western leaders?
I am absolutely correct 100% of the time and you are totally wrong. I know this for a fact. You know it too but won't admit it to yourself.

Napsterbater
05-07-2007, 06:58 AM
Lol, there's an ego boost.

Blob
05-07-2007, 10:31 AM
Lol, there's an ego boost.heheh. I shall wear it as a badge of honour. Mods, can we sticky this high quality thread forever please?

Imp
05-12-2007, 09:00 PM
BLOB FOR THE WIN! I'm truly impressed. :D

Nighthawk
06-14-2007, 10:53 AM
I've read the requirements for James Randi's test of a person claiming to have some paranormal power. While James Randi's a priori belief that such paranormal powers are impossible and should be summarily dismissed may in fact be the wrong approach, still the strict requirements are in fact necessary to avoid being cheated out of a million dollars. There are a lot of shrewd conartists and charlatans and phony psychics out there all wishing they had it. If I were Randi, I'd make the test so damnably hard that only a geniuine psychic could ever beat it. Quite a few ersatz psychics thought they could cheat their way to victory only to be revealed as a fraud. The test is a "Take it at your own risk" test, meaning that you'll be exposed as a fraud or dupe if you fail it. The test is fair enough and on Randi's website are listed additional claims from around the word. One geniune Pyrokinetic individual or Psychokinetic individual could amass within a year or so the sum of several million dollars. So far NONE have. Whether or not James Randi's smug assurance that nobody EVER WILL beat it is another thing. Naturally, those duped by New Age drivel are going to suspect Randi himself of cheating on the tests!

What are his requirements. You must be filmed while performing your little feat of "magick", analysed from all angles, cannot use your own props, and the results cannot be shown to be the likely result of legerdemain.

Yes, it's true that the fact that a phenom can be faked doesn't necessarily negate the real thing, still the burdern of proof is on the person claiming psychic powers, not Randi. A real psychic, if such existed, could easily kick Randi's smug little butt, but so far none have. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Would you put up a million dollar prize and give it to the first bloke who performs some card trick?

Sparky2
06-15-2007, 04:17 AM
Very impressive, Blob.

You are to be commended for both your impressive stature & credentials, and also your well-deserved honor.

Congrats.
:thumbs:

Freethinker
06-26-2007, 08:05 PM
Please,let us pray for Blobs salvation and that he may see the light and leave the James Randi cult & be cured of the I Am Right virus.

<yawn>

How boring, endlogic.

You are simply a superstitionist crybaby, angry because a rationalist like Randi clearly and with impeccable logic exposes the metaphysical fucking mumbo jumbo that people like you "believe in".